Seekers recognizes that any member of the community may be called upon by God to give us the Word, and thus we have an open pulpit with a different preacher each week. Sermons preached at Seekers, as well as sermons preached by Seekers at other churches or events, are posted here, beginning with the most recent.
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Worshipping in the Style of Taizé
September 6, 2015 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Several times each year, Seekers Church takes time out from its regular preaching schedule for a service of chant, prayer and reflection modeled on the worship of the Taizé Community in France. This Sunday was one such time. Repeating the chants together until they die away into the silence provides rest for our world-weary spirits as well as an opportunity for individual reflection on our faith journeys. As we joined in spirit with the monks at Taizé, we were nourished by their faithfulness as well as by their music.
“Exploring the Song of Songs: An InterPlay Sermon” with Kate Amoss
August 30, 2015
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
The Song of Songs has a different spirit from any other biblical passage. Neither historical nor instructive, it is, instead, a glorious celebration of human love and desire. While scholars do not agree on the authorship of the Song of Songs, they mostly agree that it echoes the ancient love poems of the sacred marriage between Inanna, the Sumerian mother-goddess, and Dumuzi, the Sumerian harvest god. The text contains elements of some of the very earliest written records of civilization. It gives some clues to our human awareness in a time before language had come to shape our consciousness so strongly.
“Certainty and Truth” by David Lloyd
August 23, 2015
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
When Kevin preached two weeks ago I was struck by his voicing the forlorn hope that our Celebration Circle mission group would explain its choice of our liturgical theme “Missing the Point.” I don’t expect Celebration Circle to explain its theme, but the theme, the reflection statement that “Certainty is missing the point entirely,” and the confusing signpost that is both at the altar and on the cover of our worship folder have all been challenging me these weeks.
“Jesus’ Bread of Life was Mostly Whole Wheat” by Ron Krayibill
August 16, 2015
Twelth Sunday After Pentecost
Prolegomenon
(The ghost of my grandfather haunts me)
My grandfather was a revival preacher and I grew up in a Mennonite Church in PA where revivalists came thru every year. That tradition placed in me an expectation of faith and God and those who “bring the word” that is hard to shake. There should be inspiration and emotion and an outpouring of energy and zeal……
I lived a good portion of my life guided by the assumptions of that tradition – not in agreeing with all the dogma but in my expectations of God and life and of myself. The one who “brings the message” should bring something new and inspiring and transformational.
“Longing for God” by Kevin Barwick
August 9, 2015
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
A story went like this: A man came up to God and said that he wanted to do something significant and important in life. He reminded God that “the Almighty” could move mountains and do miraculous things through him. He wanted to be of service. So God told him that he should start with a particular task. He told the man to push as hard as he could against this huge rock that sat on the edge of a cliff. The man was excited to finally be doing something important and meaningful. He was “getting the point.” His thoughts swelled in anticipation of accomplishing this task!